It gives me early 2000s anime vibes. Gintama comes to mind but probably cuz I love it lol.
The verse being a different tonality than the chorus helps the chorus pop more. Compositionally solid.
Now as I said in the discord chat there's some things out of tune with the lead. 🐄
0:44 is where I feel it the most.
To be clear I'm not talking about the places where it's clearly intentional like after the 2:00 mark.
It's probably the cheap guitars fault and not your playing necessarily. (shit I need to check my own intonation I just switched string gauges xdd) or too thin strings for low tuning also bend easy. 🤔
The lead tone is also quite harsh and upfront but that does give it a punky vibe.
I loved the harmony layers in the chorus, really fun! 😁
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naww i mayv got a lil defensive lol i wouldnt doubt if my stuff had intonation issues, ig i just figured this guitar was close to fine idkk. is it obvious i dont do lead guitar very often 😆 ima rhythm guittist thru and thru heh but felt empty without a lead element and i cba to program anything and i didnt wanna sing on it myself etcetc
old strings as well prolly dont help, i got that problem on my lil mini classical i can hardly play on it anymore cuz its like the most dissonant thing ever 🪦
i figured my ear was decent for tune ig im not calibrated for dat frequency band lmao
lead tone yeaa i wanted it diffrent from the rhythm but didnt know how to do that cuz i hardly lead ever heh so just kinda ran it thru another amp sim and against my better judgement had the volume a bit louder than id like 🙈 listenin to it on my phone was like woh wheres the other instruments lol
the lead guitar was the right choice it has a lot of energy in it, which is needed for this type of song. Vocals are much harder to get right especially in a time crunch. And the playing isn't bad by any means!
The lack of bass adds to the harshness of the lead. Like if there was more lows the same lead level and tone would seem less harsh.
If you want lead tone tips besides the level being a bit too high I got u.
Cut that harsh 4k region a bit with an EQ and add some reverb. That will smooth it out. Ofc you don't want to lose the energy of it by cutting too much highs. Gotta focus that harshness.
As for tuning, it's weird cuz you get used to your own guitars tuning kinda so it doesn't seem that off. I've had that happen a bunch and only noticed when someone pointed it out or like years later listening to it.
OH I also forgot to say idk how tf you made this in 3 hours I take so much longer to do anything xdd
been avoidin tryin to get into mixin n masterin things heh seems like quite the blackhole tho i appreciate the tips 😅
as for 3 hrs dont actt likee this composition isnt just simple 4 chord progression and a repetitive azz lead guitarrr. while u over there makin dance of eternity 2 🙈 makes sense why ur stuff would take longer cuz u got a bigger brain lol more sonic capabilities and rhythmic configurations and conflagrations et al